Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Barium borate is an inorganic compound a borate of barium with a chemical formula BaB2O4 or Ba(BO2)2. It is available as a hydrate or dehydrated form as white powder or colorless crystals. The crystals exist in the high-temperature α phase and low-temperature β phase abbreviated as BBO; both phases are birefringent and BBO is a common nonlinear optical material.
